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I just got an Ergodox EZ and it is awesome. While I know that it will take me a few months to feel truly comfortable and proficient, I am wondering if I could get some tips on the …

Some journals will publish a separate file in XML, specially if they are open access. As for why PDFs, I think the answers are: 1. P (portable): you can access it offline, store it…

Sublime for most things, but Atom does have a few nice features: better markdown preview, drop down menu for things like autocompletion and snippets, nicer color syntax overall (sa…

agree, nowadays HIV infection is a kind of chronic condition, far removed from what it used to be

agree this is nuts. EC2 always an option

language is proprietary, nothing preventing it from going South overnight

Docker

although instant messaging is excellent for fast communication, it's still hard to track around topics or "conversations".

I don't have an iphone and so can't install it, but here is a question: if it's anonymous posting and in a social network, maybe there is a lack of incentive since I don't know who…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003

one approach would be modeling with RDF - http://workingontologist.org/

http://ledger-cli.org/ , incredibly flexible, very powerful reports. but only use it if you're willing to really drill down the documentation and discussion group

it depends: http://goo.gl/KFmPeu

not sure whether this will come out the wrong way, but for some people programming is a career while for others it is and will likely always be a job. again, don't get me wrong: th…

I personally would sign up for 2, but could miss the message in 1

Likely an outlier, but for me it would be data science applied to synthetic biology

i think it's interesting enough for me to read beyond the title

both and access to the Web. the white board because you need a plan, the keyboard because ... it's code, and the web since it's hard to program without looking up sources

I learned R http://goo.gl/RNob on my own for data analysis, and so this is more of a specialty language than a full programming language. With that out of the way, here is what I d…

create a very lean startup and test as many possibilities as possible, while also taking the time to learn the technologies that might align with your business

I think it primarily comes from networking and the so called tacit knowledge http://goo.gl/SgrM . In the case of conferences, tacit knowledge is displayed in terms of practical exp…

nice, although i'm still sticking with sublime text for now it's good to have a wide range of options